[linux-dvb] Technisat & B2C2 inc.

2001-08-14 Thread William J Holt
I just emailed these two company's asking if they planed to support the B2C2 chipset in linux and if not are they planing on working with the linux community on such a project. I got one of these cards from EuropeOnline (Entertainment Pack) very inexpensive 150 Euros for hardware plus service f

[linux-dvb] popen for ac3 and thread (ringbuffer) problem

2001-08-14 Thread Andreas Vitting
Hi Klaus, do you know about the problem with the popen function ? You opened it into a new Thread, so the thread is the main process for the ac3 decoder (-shell). All standard outputs going to the pipe, isn't it ?? Here is my problem: if i open the osd menu (with and w/o ac3 data), vdr crashes and

[linux-dvb] experimental patch for vdr-0.91

2001-08-14 Thread Andreas Schultz
Hi, I have an experimental developers only DVD related patch for vdr-0.91. This patch adds no new end user visible features nor does it changes the DVD playback behaivior. I have added some functions to "class cDVD" to get some audio information for a selected audio stream. Someone with too m

[linux-dvb] Re: HDD-Limitations

2001-08-14 Thread Matthias Weingart
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:47:39AM +0200, Koch, Steffen wrote: > Hi all, > > are there any known hdd limitation if I want to record with 4 dvb-cards > simultaneously? 5400 or 7200 rpm?? A normal stream have aprox. 0,5 MB/s - todays hardiscs are fast enough (even in Pio mode). Matthias

[linux-dvb] Re: WinTV DVB-s help needed

2001-08-14 Thread Matthias Weingart
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:48:44AM +0700, Guenter Bellach wrote: > I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV DVB-s card for my computer wanting > to watch Free-to-Air digital C-Band and Ku-Band satellite TV channels on my > computer in Thailand. So far I have been able to acquire and decode only >

[linux-dvb] Re: vdr 0.91 patches: multispeed & show replaymode

2001-08-14 Thread Matthias Weingart
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 12:34:40AM +0200, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Stefan Huelswitt wrote: > > > > It's possible, but I think it's too much. I only thought about > > making the pause symbol blinking, as you cannot see it good > > sometimes. > > Hey, guys, what's all this about? > Blinking paus

[linux-dvb] maye bug in tuning code of the dvb driver ??

2001-08-14 Thread Stefan . Hagendorn
Hi ppl, I just discovered a strange condition after updating to tha latest driver ... the first thing I try lately is switching to channels on the "problematic" transponder on 12480 V. after the fresh load of VDR it switched to channel 6 (the last tuned channel ...) .. after that I've switche

[linux-dvb] Antwort: Re: Problems with Recordings on VDR >ð.90

2001-08-14 Thread Stefan . Hagendorn
Any improvements with the new CVS ... (better firmware crash recovery ...) ??? Stefan Klaus Schmidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gesendet von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14.08.2001 18:23 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema: [linux-dvb] Re: Problems with Recordings on VDR

[linux-dvb] Re: Problems with Recordings on VDR >ð.90

2001-08-14 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Markus Brandstätter wrote: > > I'm using SuSe-Linux with kernel 2.4.4 and the Siemens-DVB-Card. I do not > use any features like remote control or so on. > There were no problems using VDR until version 0.83. > > With version 0.90 and the new driver-version the following problem occured: > after

[linux-dvb] Re: Antwort: Remote control of rev 2.1 cards

2001-08-14 Thread Joerg Riechardt
Hello Stefan, that sounds promising. Do you use lirc? what exactly means "work for the DVB-S IR Reciever"? I would like very much to use the built in IR port of DVBs instead of serial port. By the way, I sent a plan to Henning for the FAQ site, how to very easy built a remote control receiver for

[linux-dvb] Problems with Recordings on VDR >ð.90

2001-08-14 Thread Markus Brandstätter
I'm using SuSe-Linux with kernel 2.4.4 and the Siemens-DVB-Card. I do not use any features like remote control or so on. There were no problems using VDR until version 0.83. With version 0.90 and the new driver-version the following problem occured: after initializing the following message is in

[linux-dvb] Re: what is the prefered dvb driver for vdr 0.91?

2001-08-14 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Klaus Wolf wrote: > > Hi Klaus, > Hi Mailinglistreader, > > what is the best dvb driver for the current vdr 0.91 ? > The modified Version from Klaus: siemens_dvb-0.9-20010803.tgz > or the current cvs snapshot ? I just tried today's snapshot, but it didn't work here. Looks like there's a problem

[linux-dvb] New Service

2001-08-14 Thread Emmett Group - Technical
Hi All, We will start selling a new one-way service that will be fully compatible with your cards under Linux. The service is going to be launched next month. I recommend expressing interest as early as possible to us to guarantee quick signup if you like the package we present to you. I don

[linux-dvb] DECT phones and Transponder 104

2001-08-14 Thread Christoph Rauch
hi all, last week i had to move my sattelite dish, because of work on the house. after fixating it, i readjusted my dish and shortened a lot of cables to reduce induction. now my problems are gone though there are 3 (!) DECT phones near the sat-cables. so my conclusion is: if the distortion induc

[linux-dvb] Re: vdr 0.91 patches: multispeed & show replaymode

2001-08-14 Thread Christoph Rauch
Stefan Huelswitt schrieb: > On 13 Aug 2001 Christoph Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > critics: havent found any problems yet, except that the play graphic is not >filled. i think > > it is more beautifull if it is filled. > > Have you tried this? I found it nicer this way. If the play > sy

[linux-dvb] Pinnacle PCTV SAT driver.............

2001-08-14 Thread nuno felicio
Anyone knows if exist some linux driver for this board? thanks in advance nuno felicio _ netsapo, tudo por nada em http://webnet.sapo.pt. Internet Grátis da Telepac. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[linux-dvb] Re: Multispeed patch for vdr 0.91

2001-08-14 Thread Andreas Schultz
Stefan Huelswitt wrote: > On 14 Aug 2001 Andreas Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>currently, i just assume that every VOBU contains excatly on I-Frames. >>So for fast forward, i just output every 4th VOBU. This is not the right >>way to do it. >> > > Now I understand why the trickmode

[linux-dvb] Re: HDD-Limitations

2001-08-14 Thread Axel Gruber
> Hi all, > are there any known hdd limitation if I want to record with 4 dvb-cards > simultaneously? 5400 or 7200 rpm?? No Problem - i have changed the Buffer-Sice in VDR so i can record with 4 DVB-CARD´s at same time. Aditional a 5. Record over the NETWORK (NFS). Here i have 4 Maxtor 100GB

[linux-dvb] Re: Card revision 2.1

2001-08-14 Thread Rolf Siebrecht
Hi! On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Joachim Franek wrote: > BTW: this card has no loop through (very bad for me). What kind of devices did you plug to the loop thru connector? It should be obvious that you can't join two working LNB power supplies to the same line simultaneously. So you are only able to co

[linux-dvb] Re: error installing tuxzap app.

2001-08-14 Thread Rolf Siebrecht
Hi! On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Casale Giuseppe Gaetano wrote: > [...] > ntuxzap.o: In function `main': > /usr/include/g++-3/strstream.h:107: undefined reference to `copyChar' > ntuxzap.o: In function `main': > /Project/dvb/apps/tuxzap/src/ntuxzap.cc:400: undefined reference to > `newCDKItemlist' > /Pro

[linux-dvb] Re: dvb picture too dark ?

2001-08-14 Thread Rolf Siebrecht
Hi! On 13 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > today i bought a second hand Win TV DVB-s Card (Revison 1.3) and the output > > picture via video out is quite dark (really dark!!). > My first DVBs (old version) had very dark output, too. > > That's why i switched to S-Video out, there the brigh

[linux-dvb] Re: vdr 0.90 patches: trickmode,jump,...

2001-08-14 Thread Roland Praml
> I think this is not possible with the DVB card. In trickmodes we > mostly play only the iframes, so the frames (neither video nor > audio) between them aren't decoded. You don't get enough audio to > play. And even if we feed all the audio to the card, decoding is > done IMO in hardware and we c

[linux-dvb] Re: Remote control of rev 2.1 cards

2001-08-14 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Ingo Janetzki wrote: > > Hi, > > since I got my first DVB-s cards (some months ago) I wonder, if there is > no way to get the little remote control working that is delivered together > with the retail package of the rev. 2.1 card (Hauppauge). My card has a > connector for the (also contained) IR

[linux-dvb] Antwort: Remote control of rev 2.1 cards

2001-08-14 Thread Stefan . Hagendorn
Just a short addition ... I have a 3.5" CI Interface for my DVB-S Card (old rev.). The IR-Receiver is build in that 3.5" device. I use a universal remote controll of my receiver to controll everythin including my TV. Recently I discovvered that the settings for my TV are work for the DVB-S IR Rec

[linux-dvb] Re: Multispeed patch for vdr 0.91

2001-08-14 Thread Stefan Huelswitt
On 14 Aug 2001 Andreas Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > currently, i just assume that every VOBU contains excatly on I-Frames. > So for fast forward, i just output every 4th VOBU. This is not the right > way to do it. Now I understand why the trickmodes are much faster with DVD replay. In

[linux-dvb] Remote control of rev 2.1 cards

2001-08-14 Thread Ingo Janetzki
Hi, since I got my first DVB-s cards (some months ago) I wonder, if there is no way to get the little remote control working that is delivered together with the retail package of the rev. 2.1 card (Hauppauge). My card has a connector for the (also contained) IR-receiver on the back. Then, appro

[linux-dvb] Re: HDD-Limitations

2001-08-14 Thread Roland Praml
> Hi all, > > are there any known hdd limitation if I want to record with 4 dvb-cards > simultaneously? 5400 or 7200 rpm?? > > Thnx I think modern hd's are fast enough to write ~2-3 MB/s (in DMA Mode) Last week, I did timeshift with one program and copied an other recording to my windows PC over

[linux-dvb] Re: error installing tuxzap app.

2001-08-14 Thread Jean-Claude Repetto
Have you installed the CDK package ? -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.

[linux-dvb] HDD-Limitations

2001-08-14 Thread Koch, Steffen
Hi all, are there any known hdd limitation if I want to record with 4 dvb-cards simultaneously? 5400 or 7200 rpm?? Thnx -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.

[linux-dvb] Re: vdr 0.91 patches: multispeed & show replaymode

2001-08-14 Thread Stefan Huelswitt
On 14 Aug 2001 Klaus Schmidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefan Huelswitt wrote: >> >> It's possible, but I think it's too much. I only thought about >> making the pause symbol blinking, as you cannot see it good >> sometimes. > > Hey, guys, what's all this about? > Blinking pause symbols?

[linux-dvb] Re: Card revision 2.1

2001-08-14 Thread Christoph Martin
Joachim Franek writes: > Hi, > > > As we will probably don't get another 1.3, my question is, are there still > > problems with the 2.1 revision > > Is this the card sold as Haupauge Model 564 ? > With external infrared detector and no internal connectors. Yes I think so. At least it is

[linux-dvb] Re: WinTV DVB-s help needed

2001-08-14 Thread Christoph Martin
Guenter Bellach writes: > I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV DVB-s card for my computer wanting > to watch Free-to-Air digital C-Band and Ku-Band satellite TV channels on my > computer in Thailand. Which revision is it? A 1.x or a 2.1? > charts. On a very few, for example > SD. 28125

[linux-dvb] Re: vdr 0.91 patches: multispeed & show replaymode

2001-08-14 Thread Andreas Schultz
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: [...] > Hey, guys, what's all this about? > Blinking pause symbols? Don't you _see_ what mode the replay is in? > After all, the picture is _still_? My old VCR has a button on the remote called "Display". It toggles the use of this kind of OSD playthings. Sometimes I f

[linux-dvb] Re: Card revision 2.1

2001-08-14 Thread Christoph Martin
Hi, Reiner Rosin writes: > as far as I was able to follow the reichelt-thread, the version reichelt > sells is 1.5 or 1.6?!?!? Who knows??? > But you should be able to get an old 1.3 from dvb-shop.de (bulk) for > 419.-DM ... just ask them via email what the version is they are > selling (the

[linux-dvb] Re: Multispeed patch for vdr 0.91

2001-08-14 Thread Andreas Schultz
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Andreas Schultz wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Klaus: Do you take votes on this one :-)? If YES, than i vote for >>including it in vdr, me thinks it will make proper DVD forward/rewind >>much easier. >> >>Andreas >> > > It's all a matter of time... and that's a very limited resou